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E. F. SUTER.

HAIR CURLER. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 4, 1922.

1 512 65020. 1 Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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1 426 @2@ I I A I Specification ofiIiettcrs Patent. Pate ted A i 151922.

Application filed March 4, 1922. Serial No. 55,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EUGENE FRANQOIS Srrrnn, a citizen of Switzerland,residing at 23 Grafton Street, PiccadillygVV. 1, city of London,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HairCurlers,

of which the following is a description.

direction, the coils near the root end of the tress may be tightenedwithout injury to the hair or the curler, and be kept tight during thesubsequent treatment.

It is well known that the process of permanently waving a tress of hairentails the tight winding of the tress upon the curler preparatory toand during the subsequent treatment of steaming, and that as the hair isnewest and-thickest near the roots it is desirable for the coils to betightest at the root end of the tress where they are most ditlicult towind tightly. This desideratum has hitherto been obtained by employing acurler (such as described in the specification of my British Patent No.109718) having a short part to which the root end of the tress isattached and a long part upon which the tress is wound and secured, thetwo parts being connected by a ratchet and pawl device so that the coilsnear their junction may be tightened and kept by holding the short partand turning the long part. The disadvantages of such device are that thetress can only be wound upon the curler in one direction, that theratchet and pawl device is liable to fail from corrosion caused bysteaming, and that in order to hold the gripped with pliers whichsurface or the hair wound former must be may damage its thereon.

i Xiccording to this invention, while employing a curler of the abovetype, but without the ratchet and pawl device, I provide the shortpartwith an extension passing right through the hollow long part andtershort iart when turning the lon )ilIt the v 2 m springs open andengages the long part,.but'

which when gripped closes and disengages the long part, so that the twooperations of holdingthe short part and releasing the long part areperformed simultaneously bv one hand, and the other hand is left free toturn the released long part. The engagement between the two partsmay befrictional or a more positiveengagemeut such as a pin and ;hQlQ ;{lI 1(lthe handle'may be of a size and shape sultabl'ei'or holding with thehandor may be only a small projection suitable for holding with pliers orother tool.

I now proceed to describe in detail and by way of example one form ofhair curler according to my invention and in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section througha hair curler according to my invention;

F 1 is a detailof a portion of the eX- terior of the hair curlerillustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a second form of hair curler accordingto my invention. c

In Figure 1 a is theshort part provided with an extension 0 passingthrough the hollow long part b and terminating in the two springs d, and(Z which project beyond the end of the long part b, and to which areattached thesplit handles 6 and 6 A por tion f and f of each splithandle projects into the. tube 6, and may fit closely therein whenpressed apart by the springs (Z and 0Z so as to form a frictionalengagement between the parts a and b, but I prefer to provide eachportion f and f with pins 9 and which fit into the diametricallyopposite holes of a ring of holes in the tube Z) and provide a positiveengagement between the parts a and bi Vith this curler the root end of atress of hair is bound together and attached to i upon the long part b,the split handles 6 Figure 2 shows a modification in which the end ofthe long part Z) is made square and the springs 6Z1 and (Z2 pressagainst the flats of the square and give a positive engagement withoutthe use of pins and holes. Projecting springs without handles are veryconvenient for holding with pliers, and provide a means for using such atool without damaging the surface 01" the part a or the hair woundthereon.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is:

1. A hair curler comprising in combination a long hollow part, and ashort part mounted at one end of said long part and having an extensionpassing through said hollow part and terminating in a projection whichnormally engages said hollow part and prevents it turning in eitherdirection with respect to said hollow part, said eX tension beingreleasable from said hollow part and permitting said short part to beturned in either direction, for the purpose described.

2. A hair curler comprising in combination a long hollow part, a shortpart at one end of said hollow part, and an extension fixed to saidshort part and running through said hollow part, said extensionincluding a pair of springs having their one ends fixed to saidextension, and handle pieces fixed to said springs and extension withoutsaid hollow part at the end opposite said short part, said handle pieceshaving projections thereon within said hollow part and said hollow parthaving apertures therein for receiving said projections.

EUGENE FRANQOIS SUTER.

